Conveyer for dye-houses.



No. 679,757. Patented Aug. 6, |90! .I. KNDTT.

CONVEYER FOB DYE HOUSES.

(Application filed Nov. 30, 1900.)

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JACOB KNO'IT, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

4coNvx-:YER Fos DYE-Houses.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,757, dated August 6, 1901.

' Application filed November 30,1900. Serial No. 38,236. (No model.)

To all whom t nea/y concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB KNOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers for Dye-Houses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. y

The object of this invention is to provide an apparatus for use in a dyeing establishment for conveying the lnaterial to be dyed during the process of dyeing to and from the various vats. At present this operation, being performed manually, requires a considerable number of attendants and an expense of time that might be disposed to betteradvantage, for since the material is hung on rods in large quantities two men are necessary to handle each rod thus laden. Time is lost, too, in walking back and forth between the vats.

In the use of the apparatus constituting this invention alLthe rods that may be arranged at one time suspending in a vat the material to be dyed can be handled by one or two men at one time, either in simply elevating them so that the material will drain or in transporting them from one vat to another.

The invention consists in a conveying apparatus for a dyeing establishment constructed as will be hereinafter described and finally embodied in theclauses of the claim.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure lis a vertical sectional view of a dyeing establishment provided with my conveying apparatus. Fig. 2 is also a vertical sectional view of a dyeing establishment, taken at right angles to the view in Fig. l; and Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate details of the invention.

In said drawings, a, designates the vats, the same being arranged in series, as usual, parallel to each other. Along both of the longer sides of each vat and on the outside thereof I secure a series of brackets b, upon each series of which is adapted to be sustained a rail c, the same being provided on its side faces with the usual metal plates d to prevent its warping and on its top face with4 the usual hard-wood plate e, having a sloping top, so that any dyeing liquid deposited thereon will run off into the vat. Upon these two rails the rods j', upon which the skeins of silk are suspended in the liquid of the vat, are supported.

Overhead and preferably secured to the rafters of the apartment in which the vats are arranged are series of guideways g, arranged in pairs, each guideway carrying a rail h. On these rails rest grooved rollers 'i of travelers j, each traveler having a short axle k at its upper end, receiving said rollers. There is a pair of these rollers for each traveler, which traveler is thus movably sustained on the rails h between the two guide- Ways. Each traveler sustains a sheave or pulley Z.

Along one of the side walls of the apartment which is parallel to the guideways g I provide other guideways m, the one above the other and each having rails n. These guide- Ways are arranged as near the door as possible, so as to be within convenient reach of the operator. Between them moves a carriage o, having grooved rollers p, which engage said rails n. In said carriage is journaled a drum q, having gears r, which are driven by other gears s through intermediate gears t, the shaft u for the gears s being provided with a crank fv. In the carriage is also journaled a guideroller w. A rope or otherilexible connection is at one end adapted to be wound upon the drum q, extending under the roller w. One of the pair of guideways is arranged almost over this carriage, and over the sheave of the traveler which works in this guideway the rope first passes before it extends over the sheaves of the other travelers. The rope is divided, so that an end is suspended from each of the travelers which are immediately over the vats. From the said ends of the rope m are suspended hangers comprising a series of cross-beamsyand the rails c, the said crossbeams and the rails being provided with eyebolts e, which are connected by ropes l. The ends of the ropes which are suspendedfrom IOO the sheaves Z, Vcarry hooks 2,vvhich are adapted to receive rings 3, that are connected to the cross-beams y by means of ropes 4.

Either of the guides m is provided with a longitudinal rack 5, with which engages a pinion 6, that is carried by a shaft 7, j ournaled in the carriage and having a crank 8.

In operation When it is desired to remove the material being dyed from one of the vats the hooks are connected to the rings 3 and the crank c operated, so as to elevate the material. If then it is desired to transport the material from the said vat to another one, the crank Sis operated to move the carriage. The several sheaves being sustained to move freely with the carriage will follow the same.

It Will be observed that the tendency of the travelers Which are immediately over the vats is to be drawn against the guideway of each pair adjacent the Wall along which the carriage moves and that the tendency ofVv the other traveler is to be forced in the other direction. In order to reduce the friction, therefore, that would occur if each traveler Were allowed to take against the guideway toward which it is drawn, I provide said traveler with an antifriction-roller 9, which is journaled in a plate 10, that is set in the face of said traveler Which is adjacent the guideway, which latter is provided with a metallic strip 11, against Which the roller bears.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus for transporting Silk or other material being subjected to the dyeing or other similar process, the combination,

- with the rodsfrom Which the material is immediately suspended, of hangers having rails, said rails being adapted to sustain the rods, and means for raising and lowering said hangers, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus for transporting silk or other material being subjected to the dyeing or other similar process, the combination,

with the rods from Which the material is immediately suspended, of hangers having rails, said rails being adapted to sustain the rods, means for raising and lowering said hangers, and means, also, for shifting said hangers in a substantially horizontal direction, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus for transporting silk or other material being subjected to the dyeing or other similar process, the combination, with the rods from which the material is immediately suspended,of suitably-guided trav- Velers, hangers having rails, said rails being adapted to sustain the rods and said hangers being suspended from said travelers, and means for moving the travelers, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus for transporting silk or other material being subjected to the dyeing or other similar process, the combination, with the rods from which the material is immediately suspended, of suitably-guided travelers, a suitably-guided movable carriage, a drum journaled in said carriage, a rope or other flexible connection Wou nd on said drum at one end and engaging said travelers, said rope being divided and an end being suspended fromv each traveler, and hangers carried by the suspended ends of said rope and sustaining said rods, substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus for transporting silk or other material being subjected to the dyeing or other similar process, the combination, with a series of vats and With the rods from which the material is immediately suspended in said vats, of pairs of guidevvays arranged above said vats, a traveler movable between the guideway of each pair of guideWays, a pulley carried by each traveler, an antifriction-roller also carried by each traveler and engaging one of the guideways, a carriage guided for movement substantially parallel with said guideways, a drum journaled in said carriage, means for rotating said drum, a rope Wound on said drum at one of its ends, the other end portion of said rope being divided and the divided portions being extended over said pulleys and suspended' therefrom, hangers carried by said portions of the rope and sustaining said rods, and means for moving. said carriage, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of November, 1900.

JACOB KNOTT.

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